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Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Water Spinach

Ding Dian glanced at the three men and asked, "Brother, do you remember the four numbers I said?" Di Yun saw three enemies approaching him, forming an arc, one of them was holding a saber, one was holding a sword, the other was empty-handed, but his face was full of viciousness, his expression was extremely terrifying.He stared at the enemy intently and did not answer Ding Dian's question. Ding Dian shouted: "Brother, do you remember?" Di Yun frowned, and said: "The first word is..." He wanted to say the word "four", but immediately remembered: "If I If you say it, won't the enemy listen to it?" Immediately, he stretched his left hand behind his back, and raised his four fingers.Ding Dian said: "Good!"

The man wielding the sword sneered and said, "My surname is Ding, you are a man after all. How come you are still babbling like mother-in-law and mother-in-law? Hurry up and go back obediently with us brothers, so that everyone will not hurt your kindness." The man who wielded the sword But he said: "Brother Di, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you? Is the prison towel comfortable?" Di Yun was startled, he heard the accent so familiar, looked intently, and immediately remembered that this person was Wan Zhenshan's second disciple Zhou Qi, who had grown a mustache on his upper lip after many years, and his clothes were gorgeous, so unexpectedly I don't know him anymore.Di Yun's grief and indignation at being framed in the past few years rushed to his heart in an instant, his face flushed, and he shouted: "So it's Zhou...Zhou...Zhou Zhou!" Underneath, the word "Second Brother" was added.

Ding Dian guessed his mood, and shouted: "Okay!" In the blink of an eye, it was a life-and-death struggle. If Di Yun could restrain his anger and call him "Brother Zhou", he would no longer be a brave man who fights hard, and said : "This Lord Zhou must be a senior disciple of Mr. Wan's sect. Very good, very good, when did you work under the prefect of Ling? Brother Di, let me introduce you. This is Ma Daming from the 'Wan Sheng Dao' sect. Mr. Ma. That is Shan Bing Taihang's master, Geng Tianba Geng Ye, who is a pair of iron palms. It is said that his pair of iron palms are as sharp as knives. Min is nicknamed "Double Swords". In fact, he never uses weapons. Yes." Di Yun said: "How is the martial arts of these two?" Ding Dian said: "A master in the third class. If he wants to climb to the second class, he has no hope of life." Di Yun said: "Why?" Ding Dian said: "It's not that piece of material. The qualifications are poor, and there is no famous teacher to teach it." The two of them asked and answered, as if there was no one else present.

Geng Tianba couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Zhiniang thief, at the end of her life, she is still chewing her tongue. Give me a knife!" The "one knife" he said was actually a palm, and the shouting continued, right and left The palm has been split. After Ding Dian was poisoned, he was always unable to use his luck to use his strength, and he didn't dare to take it hard, so he leaned over to avoid it.Geng Tianba's right palm fell into the air, and his left palm followed.Ding Dian recognized that it was the "Changing Palm" and hastily turned his hand to defuse it.But when he stretched out his palm, the strength and force were nothing like that, with a slap, Geng Tianba's right palm hit the armpit firmly.Ding Dian swayed and spit out a mouthful of blood with a wow sound.Geng Tianba smiled and said, "How is it? I'm the third rate, which rate are you?"

Ding Dian took a deep breath, and suddenly felt that his internal breath was unblocked. It turned out that the poison of the "Jinbo Xunhua" penetrated deep into the blood vessels, causing the blood to coagulate gradually, and the blood flow became slower and slower; he just spit out a big mouthful of blood. has been temporarily reduced.He was overjoyed, and immediately stepped forward and pressed out his palm to Geng Tianba.Geng Tianba raised his palm to block, Ding Dian circled with his left hand, slapped him hard on the mouth, then circled with his right hand, and hit him on the head with his palm.Geng Tianba yelled "Ah yo!" and jumped back.Ding Dian stretched out his right palm and hit him on the chest.Geng Tianba said "Ah yo!" and took two steps back.

For Ding Dian's three climbs, as long as there is a combination of divine skills, any palm can kill the lives of today's first-class masters.Geng Tianba's external strength is powerful, but his internal strength is mediocre. He can stand upright after receiving three palms in a row.Ding Dian knew that his death was approaching, although he was open-minded and determined to die for love, but at this moment, he felt helpless and the hero's end, but he couldn't help feeling sad.However, Geng Tianba was hit by three palms in a row, his face turned pale with shock, but he felt a dull pain in his face, top of his head and chest, thinking that these three places are fatal points, he didn't know how the injuries were, so he couldn't help feeling very timid.

Ma Daming winked at Zhou Qi, and said: "Brother Zhou, shoulder to shoulder!" The fingers of his right hand were cut off, and the bone of the lute was pierced. No matter how strong his kung fu was, he couldn't do it, so he raised his sword and stabbed at Di Yun. Ding Dian knew that Di Yun's Shenzhao kungfu had never been perfected, and his martial arts were far inferior to those before he was imprisoned. He wanted to fight Zhou Qi with his bare hands, but his life was in vain.This move was extremely fast and the move was extremely unique, before Zhou Qi noticed it, the three fingers of Ding Dian's left hand had already touched the pulse gate of his right hand.Zhou Qi was shocked, he thought he had to let go of the weapon, that would kill him, he didn't know that the acupoints on his meridians were not restrained, he swung his hand sharply, the long sword turned around and stabbed Ding Dian's left chest.Ding Dian turned sideways and let out a long sigh.

When Ma Daming saw Ding Dian, Geng Tianba, and Zhou Qi attack, they had gained the upper hand twice, but they couldn't win both times, he pondered for a while, and knew why: "Prefect Ling said that he was poisoned, it must be Toxicity flares up, and skill power is greatly reduced." Geng Tianba saw that Ding Dian's sword capture was on the verge of failure, and he also knew that his internal strength was not enough, so he thought, "This surname Ding's moves are powerful, but the tiger falls into the sky... Pooh, fuck it Hu Luo Pingyang was bullied by dogs, if I compare this prisoner to a tiger, don't I compare Lao Tzu to a dog?" The two rushed towards Ding Dian at the same time with the same thoughts.

Di Yun grabbed the block.Ding Dian pushed him on the shoulder and shouted: "Brother Di, step back." He stretched out his right hand and grabbed Ma Daming's throat.As long as you have ordinary internal strength in this grab, if your fingers grab such an important part, it will definitely kill the opponent.Ma Daming was so frightened that he was so frightened that he rolled on the spot and fled away. Ding Dian sighed to himself, his internal strength was getting weaker and weaker, he only relied on his moves to be much higher than the enemy, and he could still hold on for a while, if this "Liancheng Jue" was not revealed to Di Yun, the big secret would be lost forever, it would be too much Unfortunately, he said: "Brother Di, you listen to me. You hide behind me, don't pay attention to the enemy, just memorize my formulas. This matter is no small matter, we must succeed in whatever we say. You brother Ding This is why the field is so far today." Di Yun responded and shrank behind Ding Dian.Ding Dian said: "The fifth character is 'Eighteen'..."

Ma Daming knew that Ling Zhifu ordered a large-scale search to hunt down Ding Dian, and the main purpose was to investigate a set of martial arts secrets; and Zhou Qi came to work under Ling Tuisi, neither for fame nor for profit, but under the order of his master to secretly investigate "Liancheng" tactic".At this time, when they heard Ding Dian say "the fifth character is 'eighteen'", they both felt shudder and remembered it firmly.Ding Dian said again: "The sixth character is 'seven'." Ma Daming, Zhou Qi and Di Yun memorized it by heart.

But Geng Tianba was only ordered to arrest the important criminals, he didn't know the rest, seeing Ding Dian chanting something, "Seventeen, Eighteen", Ma Daming and Zhou Qi were absent-minded, and murmured "Seventeen, Eighteen" to themselves He only knew that Ding Dian was reciting some charming mantra, and shouted: "Hey, don't touch him!" He waved his palm and struck Ding Dian straight, but he was afraid of the opponent, so he didn't dare to hit him with his palm. After applying it again, retreat immediately. Ding Dian gave way to the enemy's palm, his feet were unstable, and he jumped forward.Ma Daming saw the advantage, and swung his knife to chop at his left shoulder.Ding Dian felt his eyes darkened, but he didn't know how to dodge it.Di Yun was shocked, unable to rescue him in a critical situation, rushed forward and slammed into Ma Daming's arms. Ding Dian became dizzy for a while, opened his eyes, and saw Di Yun and Ma Daming entangled, Zhou Qi raised his sword and was about to stab Di Yun's vest, when he swung his left hand out, two fingers poked Zhou Qi's eyes.He knows that his strength is extremely weak, only by attacking such soft parts can he withdraw the enemy's power.Zhou Qi didn't have time to injure others, so he dodged to the left. At this moment, Ma Daming hit Di Yun on the head with the handle of the knife, knocking him down to the ground.Ding Dian shouted: "Brother Di, remember the seventh word, that is..." He felt his chest suffocating, and Geng Tianba's right palm came again. Ding Dian shook his head, white light flashed in front of his eyes, Ma Daming and Zhou Qi attacked at the same time, Ding Dian swayed, and rushed towards the sword, with two pops, the sword pierced his body at the same time.Di Yun yelled and rushed to the rescue.Ding Dian took advantage of the moment when the blood flowed out and the toxicity was slightly weakened, he used his palms vigorously, hit Ma Daming's right cheek with one palm, and hit Zhou Qi with his backhand palm.This palm had to hit Zhou Qi, unexpectedly at this moment Geng Tianba rushed forward, the charge was extremely fierce, with a sound of "click", his chest hit Ding Dian's palm, his ribs were all broken, and he fainted at that moment past. Ding Dian's two palms exhausted the rest of his energy.Ma Daming died on the spot.Geng Tianba was on the verge of dying, and he was dying in an instant.But Zhou Qi was not injured, his right hand grabbed the hilt of the sword, and wanted to draw the long sword from Ding Dian's body, and then stab Di Yun back and forth.Ding Dian stretched out his body, hugged Zhou Qi's waist tightly with both hands, and shouted: "Brother Di, hurry up, hurry up!" With such a straightening of his body, the long sword penetrated several inches into his body. But Di Yun escaped on his own, threw himself at Zhou Qi's vest, grabbed his throat, and shouted: "Let go of Brother Ding!" He didn't know that it was actually Ding Dian who caught his opponent, but Zhou Qi didn't let him go . Ding Dian felt that his strength was gradually exhausted, and he would soon be unable to hold back the enemy. As long as he drew his long sword and got rid of his entanglement, Di Yun would die, and shouted: "Brother Di, hurry up, don't care about me, I... I will never live again!" Di Yun shouted: "I'm going to die, we all die together!" He strangled Zhou Qi's throat hard, but after his lute bone was pierced, the muscles, bones and muscles on his shoulders and arms were seriously injured, no matter how hard he tried , has never been able to suffocate the enemy. Ding Dian tremblingly said: "Good brother, you have a lot of loyalty... If you don't hit me... I made you a friend... That sword formula... It's a pity that I can't say it all... I... I am very happy... Pounding water and blue waves... ...that pot of green chrysanthemums... Mmm! She put it in the window, how beautiful it is...chrysanthemums..." The voice gradually became low, the face was full of radiance, and the hands holding Zhou Qi slowly loosened. Zhou Qi struggled with all his strength, and pulled out the long sword from Ding Dian's body. The blade was covered in blood. He hurriedly turned around and faced Di Yun, only a few feet away. Di Yun stabbed hard in the chest. Di Yun yelled: "Brother Ding, Brother Ding!" Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and when he lowered his eyes, he saw Zhou Qi's long sword piercing his chest, and he heard his extremely triumphant grin in his ears: "Ha ha ha ha!" In that instant, countless past events flashed through Di Yun's mind, learning art at his master's house, getting close to his junior sister Qi, being wronged at Wan Zhenshan's house, five years of miserable life in prison... all kinds of incidents came together Xiang Xintou, filled with grief and indignation, shouted: "I...I...will die with you." He stretched out his arms and hugged Zhou Qi's vest. Although he didn't see any success in practicing Shenzhao Kungfu, he had two years of foundation. At this moment, he knew he was going to die, so he concentrated all his strength on his arms and hugged the enemy tightly like a pair of iron hoops.Zhou Qi only felt short of breath and struggled hard, but he couldn't escape.Di Yun felt that his chest was getting more and more painful, and at this moment he had no time to think, and only squeezed Zhou Qi with both arms.Do you want to squeeze the enemy to death? I don't have this idea in my heart, but I don't relax my arms when I say anything.But the long sword stopped piercing, as if it encountered some impenetrable resistance, the body of the sword gradually became an arc, bending slowly.Zhou Qi was startled and amazed, he stabbed hard with his right arm, trying to pierce the long sword through Di Yun's body, but he had to thrust halfway forward, but it was no longer possible. Di Yun's eyes were red, and he stared at Zhou Qi's face. At first, he saw that his face was full of pride and cruelty, but gradually it turned into surprise and astonishment. After a while, the astonishment mixed with fear, and the expression of fear became more and more intense. Strong, turned into shocking and inexplicable. Zhou Qi's long sword stabbed Di Yun in the morning, but it only made his flesh sink several inches, making it difficult to penetrate the skin.He became more and more timid, and urged the inner strength of his right arm three times in a row, but he was still unable to penetrate the enemy with the blade. Under the fright, he no longer cared about hurting the enemy, and just wanted to escape, but Di Yun hugged him tightly. It's stuck, and I can't get rid of it all the time. , Zhou Qi felt that his right arm was slowly bending inward, following the hilt of the long sword to his chest, the blade became more and more curved, forming a semicircle.Suddenly, there was a bang, and the blade of the sword snapped.Zhou Qi let out a loud cry and fell backwards.Two sharp broken swords pierced his lower abdomen together. As soon as Zhou Qi fell, Di Yun fell down with him and pressed on him, his arms still hugged him tightly.Di Yun smelled a strong smell of blood, and saw Zhou Qi's eyes suddenly shed tears, followed by blood from his mouth, and the side of his head remained motionless. Di Yun was afraid that he was cheating his death, so he didn't dare to let go of his hands. Then he felt that the pain in his chest had stopped, and saw that Zhou Qi was bleeding profusely. He let go of his hands in confusion, stood up, and saw The two broken swords were inserted into Zhou Qi's belly, only the hilt and the tip of the sword were exposed.When he looked down at his chest again, he saw that the outer shirt was torn by an inch, exposing the black underwear.He looked at the two broken swords on Zhou Qi's body, and then at the rip on his clothes, and suddenly realized that it was the black silkworm clothes he was wearing next to his body that saved his life, and even killed his enemy because of it. Di Yun regained his composure, turned around immediately, ran to Ding Dian, and shouted, "Brother Ding, Brother Ding Ren. How are you... How are you?" Ding Dian slowly opened his eyes and looked at him. , his eyes were unimpressed, and he seemed to turn a blind eye or not recognize who he was.Di Yun shouted: "Brother Ding, I... I will rescue you no matter what I say." Ding Dian said slowly: "It's a pity...it's a pity that the sword formula has...been lost since then, and the burial...Shuanghua... ..." Di Yun said loudly, "Don't worry! I remember... I will definitely bury you and Miss Ling together, fulfilling the wishes of both of you." Ding Dian slowly closed his eyes, his breathing became weaker and weaker, but his lips moved slightly , still talking.Di Yun put his ear close to his lips, and vaguely heard him say: "The eleventh word..." But then there was no sound.Di Yun felt that he had no breath in his ears, and stretched out his hand to touch his chest, only to feel that his heart had stopped beating. Di Yunping knew that Ding Dian's life was at stake, but it was only at this moment that he truly realized that this brother-in-law who had been in love with him for so many years had finally sacrificed himself and left.Kneeling beside Ding Dian, he blew into his mouth with all his might, wishing in his heart: "God, God, if you let brother Ding come back to life, I would rather go back to prison and never come out again. I would rather Instead of taking revenge, I would rather be bullied and humiliated by Wanmen disciples for the rest of my life, God, you...you must make Brother Ding come back alive..." However, with his hands holding Ding Dian's body, he felt that Ding Dian's skin was getting stiffer and colder, and he knew that his many wishes had come to nothing.For a while, I felt extremely lonely, extremely lonely, only felt that the free world outside was more terrifying than that small prison cell, and the days to come would be even more sad.He would rather go back to that cell with Ding Dian. He hugged Ruo Ding Dian's body and stood up. Suddenly, endless pain and sorrow came to his heart. He burst into tears.Weeping without any scruples.He didn't expect that this crying might call for pursuers, and he didn't expect that it would be too embarrassing for a big man to cry like this.With the uncontrollable sadness in his heart, he cried uncontrollably. When the tears gradually dried up and the loud wailing turned into low sobs, the unbearable sadness was still unbearable in my heart, but my mind became clearer, and I began to think: "What should I do with Brother Ding's body? How can I take it with me?" Let him go to be buried with Miss Ling's coffin?" At this moment, there is no other thought in his mind, this matter is the only major event in the world. Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes sounded from a distance, and they ran closer and closer. There were more than ten horses in total.I could only hear someone calling: "Master Ma, Mr. Geng, Mr. Zhou, have you seen the fugitive?" More than a dozen horses rushed to the outside of the abandoned garden and stopped together.Someone shouted: "Go in and have a look!" Someone else said: "I won't hide here." The first person said: "How do you know?" With a snap, the boots hit the ground, and the man jumped off the horse. Di Yun didn't think much more, hugged Ding Dian's body, and ran out from the side door of the abandoned garden. As soon as he got out of the side door, he heard several people in the abandoned garden exclaiming loudly, and found Ma Daming, Geng Tianba, Zhou Qi three bodies.
Di Yun ran wildly in Jiangling City.He knew that holding Ding Dian's body like this would not allow him to run fast, and he would be discovered by others at any moment.But he would rather be arrested and imprisoned again, would rather be tortured, and would rather be executed immediately, but he would never abandon Big Brother Ding. After running for several tens of zhang, he saw a small door slantingly closed on the left, and immediately charged at the person, kicking the door shut with his back foot.I saw a huge vegetable garden inside, full of rapeseed, radish, eggplant, loofah and the like.Di Yun has been farming since he was a child, and it has been five years since he saw these melons and vegetables again.Looking around, I saw a firewood house on the northeast corner, and from the window, I could see the piles of pine, firewood and straw.He leaned over and pulled out some radishes, hugged Ding Dian's body, and rushed into the woodshed.He heard no one around, so he removed the firewood, put the body away, and covered it lightly with straw.In his heart, there is still hope: "Maybe, Brother Ding will suddenly wake up." Peeled the radish and took a big bite out of it.The sweet and pungent juice of raw radish flows down the throat.I haven't tasted it for more than five years. I thought of the countryside in Hunan. I don't know how many times I pulled out raw radishes with Qi Shimei and walked in the fields to peel them... He ate one after another, and his eyes were a little moist again. Here, a voice was heard.His whole body shook violently, and half of the carrot in his hand fell to the ground.The snow-white radish is covered with mud and straw debris. He heard the clear and gentle voice calling: "Shangkong, Shuikong, where are you?" Immediately, he wanted to say loudly: "I'm here!" But the word "I" was only half uttered, and it choked in his throat.He reached out and pressed his mouth, his whole body trembling uncontrollably. Because "Water Spinach" is his nickname, only he and Qi Fang know it, not even Master.Qi Fang said that he has no brains, honestly, he has no thoughts at all, except for practicing martial arts, he doesn't think about anything, and he doesn't understand anything. He said that his heart is like spinach, empty. Di Yun smiled and didn't argue, he liked how his junior sister called him "water spinach, water spinach".Every time I hear the name "water spinach", I always feel an indescribable tenderness and sweetness in my heart.Because when there is a third person present, the junior sister will never call him that.If "Water Spinach" is called, he and she are always alone together. When he was alone with her, whether she was happy or angry, Di Yun was always so indescribably happy.He is a silly boy who can't speak, and sometimes Qi Fang gets very angry with his silly look, but when he yells "Water spinach, Water spinach" a few times, the two of them usually grin. I remember the time when Bu Yuan came to Master's house to submit a letter, the junior sister cooked vegetables for the guests, including chicken, fish, and a big bowl of water spinach.That night, Bu Yuan and his master were drinking and discussing recent events in the two lakes martial arts. He listened in a daze, and inadvertently met Qi Fang's eyes. but not into the mouth.With her soft red lips, she gently touched the water spinach, her eyes were full of smiles.She is not eating the dishes, but kissing those few dishes.At that time, Di Yun only knew: "Junior sister is laughing at me as spinach." At this time, in the firewood room, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she suddenly realized the meaning of her red lips kissing the water spinach. Now the person calling for "Water Spinach" is obviously the voice of junior sister Qi Fang, that's not bad at all, it's definitely not because of my insanity that I misheard it. "Water Spinach, Water Spinach, where are you?" The call here generally contained countless tenderness and consideration, and countless tenderness and love.No, it's more than that. When I was with her in my hometown, the junior sister's calls were friendly, kind, and caring, but also self-willed, angry, and reproachful. Today's son's voice "kangkung" is full of My deepest sympathy. "She knows my injustice and suffering in the past few years, and treats me better, doesn't she?" He couldn't believe his ears. "I'm dreaming. Why did Junior Sister come here? She's already married to Wan Gui, so how can she come to me again?" However, the voice sounded again, and this time it was closer: "Wang Spinach, hide away!" Where? Do you think I can catch you?" There was so much love and pity in the voice. Di Yun felt that every blood vessel in his body was swollen, he couldn't help panting, his hands and palms were covered with sweat, he stood up quietly, hid behind the straw, looked out from the window, and saw a woman His back turned to him, looking for someone.That's right, with slashed shoulders, slender waist, tall and thin figure, she is exactly my junior sister. She only heard her laughing and shouting: "Water Spinach, are you still coming out?" Suddenly, she turned around. Di Yun's eyes flickered, and he felt dizzy. The woman in front of him was Qi Fang.Black and smooth eyes, slightly upturned nose, pale face, not as rosy as in the Hunan countryside, but she is indeed a junior sister, and he is indeed remembered and loved thousands of times in the prison cell Over and over, and annoyed my junior sister a thousand times. She still had the same smile on her face, and she called out, "Water Spinach, are you still coming out?" Hearing her calling him so affectionately, he was overjoyed and wanted to come out and meet this junior sister whom he missed all the time, but just as he took a step, he suddenly remembered: "Brother Ding often Said that I was too honest and honest, so easy to be fooled by others. Junior sister is married to the son of the Wan family, Zhou Qi died under my hands today, how do you know she didn't deliberately trick me out?" Thinking of this, he immediately stopped. Qi Fang could only hear Qi Fang calling out a few more times: "Water spinach, water spinach!" Di Yun's heart was shaken, and he thought: "She calls me that, it's true and affectionate. Besides, if she wants my life, I will die." It's under her hands." Feeling sore in my heart, I suddenly had the idea of ​​giving up on myself, and wanted to go out for the second time. Suddenly, I heard a little girl's laughter resounding crisply, and said, "Mom, Mom, I'm here!" With a thought in his mind, Di Yun looked out of the pane again, and saw a girl in a bright red shirt running quickly from the east.She was so young that she stumbled and was unsteady when she ran.I only heard Qi Fang's soft voice with a smile say: "Water spinach, where are you hiding? Mom can't find you everywhere." The little girl said proudly: "Water spinach is in the garden! Water spinach looks at the ants!" There was a buzzing in Di Yun's ears, as if someone had punched him hard in the heart.Could it be that the junior sister has given birth to a daughter?Is her daughter called "Spinach"?Her name is "Water Spinach", which means her daughter, not me?Could it be that he came to Wan Zhenshan's house by mistake? Over the past few years, he had secretly harbored a hope in his heart, hoping that one day he would suddenly find out that his junior sister was not actually married to Wan Gui, and Shen Cheng's words turned out to be lies.He never dared to tell Ding Dian about this idea, he only kept it deep in his heart, sometimes in his midnight dream, when Piji's delusion was confirmed, he would suddenly jump up for joy.But at this time, he finally saw and heard with his own eyes, a little girl calling her "Mom". Tears welled up in his eyes, and he vaguely looked out through the window pane of the woodshed, and saw Qi Fang squatting on the ground with her arms outstretched, and the little girl threw herself into her arms with a smile.Qi Fang kissed the little girl's cheek again and again, and laughed softly: "Spinach can play by itself, so good!" Di Yun only saw Qi Fang's side profile, her slender eyebrows, the curved corners of her mouth, her face was plump compared to a few years ago, and it was more white, tender and more beautiful.There was another soreness in his heart: "In the past few years, I have been the young mistress of the Wan family. I don't have to work in the fields, and I don't have to be exposed to the sun and rain. My body will naturally take care of me." I only heard Qi Fang say: "Don't play here with water spinach, go back to the room with mother." The girl said: "It's fun here, and the water spinach has to watch the ants." Qi Fang said: "No, there are bad guys outside today, and they want to catch children. Go back to the room." The girl said: "What kind of villain? Why are you catching children?" Qi Fang stood up, took her daughter's hand, and said, "Two very vicious villains escaped from the prison. Dad is going to catch the bad guys. When the bad guys come here, go catch the water spinach. The water spinach listens to the mother and goes back to the room to play. Mom will make you a doll, okay?" The girl was very stubborn and said: "No doll Spinach helps Dad catch bad guys." Di Yun's heart sank more and more when he heard Qi Fang repeatedly claiming that he was a "bad person". At this moment, there was a sound of hooves outside the vegetable garden, and Cunshu rode past.Qi Fang drew the steel sword from her waist and grabbed it to the gate of the back garden. Di Yun stood by the window, not daring to move a little, for fear of making a slight noise and alarming Qi Fang.No matter what, he didn't want to see his junior sister again, and the grief and anger in his chest gradually became uncontrollable. He had never done anything bad, but suffered the worst suffering in the world for no reason, and she even called herself a "bad person". He saw the little girl approaching the door of the firewood room, he only hoped that she would not come in, but the girl didn't know what kind of thought was in her mind, so she strode into the firewood room.Di Yun hid his face behind the pile of straw, and said to himself, "Get out, get out!" All of a sudden, the little girl saw him, and she was stunned when she saw this terrible look with disheveled hair and beard. She opened her big round eyes and wanted to cry, but she didn't dare. Di Yun knew it was going to be bad, as soon as the girl cried, Qi Fang would notice his whereabouts immediately, so he rushed up, picked her up with his left hand, and pressed her mouth with his right hand.But finally, after a while, the little girl cried out with an "ah".But the crying stopped abruptly, and Di Yun held down the second half. Qi Fang looked out of the garden, her heart was always attached to her daughter, she suddenly heard her voice strange, turned her head, and she was gone, followed by the rustling of straw in the woodshed, hurriedly took two strides , rushed to the door of the firewood room, and saw a man with a shaggy beard and blood stains hugging her daughter and pressing one hand on her mouth.Qi Fang was really shocked by this shock, she stretched out her steel sword, stabbed Di Yun in the face, and shouted: "Put the child down!" Di Yun felt sour and violent.The thought of giving up came up again: "If you want to kill me, then kill me!" Seeing her stabbed by the steel sword, she didn't dodge or avoid it.Qi Fang froze for a moment, afraid of hurting her daughter, quickly retracted the steel sword, and shouted: "Quickly put down my child!" Hearing her repeated words, Di Yun just told him to put down her child, without any trace of the old friendship. He was so angry that he refused to let go of her child. With his right hand, he took a piece of firewood from the pile of firewood, struck her steel sword, and took a step back. . Seeing that the vicious man was still hugging her daughter, Qi Fang became more and more startled, her knees suddenly felt sore, she took a breath, and thrust her sword sharply at Di Yun's right shoulder.Di Yun stepped aside, using the firewood in his right hand as a swordsman, he slashed down from his left shoulder, and then stabbed backwards.Qi Fang gasped in surprise, she felt that this sword technique was very familiar, it was the move "Brother shouted up" passed down by her father, she didn't have time to think about it, she lowered her head and dodged it, the long sword in her hand was the two moves "Suddenly hear and run away" The wind, the mountains are like fleeing." This firewood room was originally narrow, after it was filled with firewood, the remaining space was just big enough for two people to maneuver around, this time it was removed, it got in the way everywhere. Di Yun and Qi Fang have been studying under the same teacher since they were young, and they have been practicing swordsmanship every day, and they are very familiar with each other's sword moves. After dismantling the moves, it can be said that "the old mud recruits the elder sister, and the horse fate is the little one", opening and closing the firewood in his hand, with a long whistle in his mouth, and cutting three moves horizontally. Back then when brothers and sisters practiced swords, Qi Fang couldn't stand it when they got here, but when Di Yun cut the firewood horizontally for the third time, suddenly his wrist felt sore, and the firewood fell to the ground with a bang.He was startled, and then realized: "The finger of my right hand was cut off, and I can no longer use a sword for the rest of my life. I will forget about it." When she looked up, she saw that the tip of the steel sword in Qi Fang's hand was less than an inch away from her chest, the blade was trembling unceasingly, the astonishment on her face was really indescribable.The two of you looked at me and I looked at you in a daze, but neither could speak.After a long while, Qi Fang said: "Is...is that you?" Her voice was dry and hoarse, barely able to make a sound. Di Yun nodded, and handed over the little girl in his left arm.Qi Fang threw down the steel sword and hurriedly took her daughter over, not knowing what to say.The girl was so frightened that she couldn't even cry, she hid her little face in her mother's arms, and never dared to look at Di Yunduo again.Qi Fang said: "I... I didn't know it was you. Over the years..." Suddenly a man's voice called out: "Fangmei, Fangmei! Where are you?" It was Wan Gui, who was approaching the vegetable garden with his voice getting closer.Qi Fang's face suddenly changed, and she whispered in her daughter's ear: "Wang Kongcai, this uncle is not a bad person, don't tell Daddy. Do you understand?" The little girl raised her head, glanced at Di Yun, and saw him With a terrifying expression, he suddenly mooed and cried loudly. The man outside heard the girl crying, followed the sound, and shouted: "Spinach, don't cry. Daddy is here!" Qi Fang glanced at Di Yun, turned around and left, took the chaimen behind her back, hugged her daughter, He greeted his husband. Di Yun stood there blankly, as if a voice kept ringing in his ears: "I'd better die, I'd better die!" He only heard the man's voice laughingly asking, "Why is Water Spinach crying?" Di Yun really wanted to go to the window to see what Wan Gui looked like at this time, but his feet were nailed to the ground and he couldn't move anymore. Hearing Qi Fang laugh and say: "Wang Spinach and I were playing at the back door, two horses galloped past, the man on horseback held a weapon, he looked pretty. Water Spinach said she was a bad person, and wanted to arrest her, so frightened that she burst into tears. "Wan Gui laughed and said: "That's the government yamen chasing fugitives. Come, Daddy holds the water spinach. Daddy beats the bad guys to death. The water spinach is not afraid of the bad guys. Daddy beats the bad guys to death one by one." Di Yun felt cold: "Women are really good at lying. In this way, even if the girl says she saw a bad guy, her husband won't be suspicious. Hmph, why do I want you to keep it a secret? You just come and arrest me, Just kill me." He rushed to the window in two steps, looked out, and saw Wan Gui in gorgeous clothes, holding the girl in his arms and walking in, Qi Fang was leaning on his side, walking side by side, with an extremely affectionate expression. Junior sister has married Wan Gui, although Di Yun had thought about this matter tens of thousands of times in the past, but always hoped it was fake, at this moment a vivid scene finally appeared before his eyes.He opened his mouth and shouted: "I..." He leaned over and wanted to pick up the steel sword that Qi Fang threw on the ground, and rushed out to fight Wan Gui desperately.I was in prison, and I suffered so many injustices and sufferings, all of which were framed by the person in front of me, and the lover I loved more than my life became the wife of this person.At this time, there is no other thought in my heart, either to kill this person, or to die under his hands. But when he bent down like this, he saw Ding Dian's body in the firewood, saw Ding Dian's eyes closed, with a peaceful expression on his face, and suddenly remembered: "Brother Ding earnestly asked me to bury him with Miss Ling when he was dying. Now I go out to fight with that thief Wan Gui, it doesn’t matter if I lose my life, but Brother Ding’s wish can’t be fulfilled.” Then I thought: “I’m begging my junior sister to fulfill this matter, I’m afraid it can be done... Bah, bah! You villain, Di Yun, how do you entrust others with things that you are unwilling to take on yourself? How can you have the face to meet Brother Ding when you die in the ground? Junior sister is so heartless, how can she do anything for you? Big deal?" Once he figured this out, he finally suppressed his anger slowly. But his word "I" has alarmed Wan Gui, and he said: "It seems that there is someone in the firewood room." Qi Fang laughed and said: "Really? I saw Lao Wang go in to carry firewood just now. Brother Gui, I will give You stewed the bird’s nest, go and eat it. Water spinach is always crying, let her sleep well.” Wan Gui said “Is that?” and said, “Is the cook Old Wang in the firewood room?” hugging his daughter , the two husband and wife went away side by side. For a moment, Di Yun's mind was empty and he couldn't think. After... for a long time, he reached out and beat his head, thinking: "After all, this firewood room can't hide for a long time. That cook, Old Wang, really came to carry firewood for cooking, so what should I do?" ? I still kept Brother Ding secret, slipped out by myself, and at night, I came back to pick up Brother Ding’s body. Well, that’s it.” However, after only one step, there was a voice in his heart pulling him: "Junior Sister will definitely come to see me again. Once I leave, I will never see her again." "What's so good about seeing her again? She has Husband, daughter, and the whole family are happy, how can they care about me, a fugitive murderer? If I want to see her again, won’t it be in vain?” “Oh, I’ve been waiting in prison for so many years. Thinking at night, I only hope to see her again, how can I miss this opportunity today? Do I have any other hopes? I just want to ask, does the master have any news? I want to ask her why she is so fond of the new and abandoned旧,我一遭灾祸,立时就对我毫不顾念?”“问这些又有什么意思?她不是说谎,便是照实而答。谎话,有什么可听的?她如照实说了,我只有更加伤心。” 这么思前想后,一会儿决意立刻离开,但跟着又拿不定主意。他向来爽快,原不是这般迟疑不决、三心二意之人,可是今日面临一生中最大的难题,竟不知如何决断才好。留着,明知不妥,就此一走,却又是万分的不舍。 正自这般思潮翻浦,栗六不安,忽听得菜园中脚步轻响,一个人蹑手蹑脚地悄悄走来。那人走儿步,便停一下,又走几步,显然是严神戒备,唯恐有人知觉。 那人越来越近,狄云一颗心怦评乱跳:“师妹终于找我来了。她要跟我说什么?是求我原恕么?她还有一些念旧之意么?”又想:“我还有什么话要跟她说的?唉,算了,算了!她有好丈夫,好女儿,过得挺开心的。我永远不要再见她了。” 突然之间,满腔复仇之心,化作冰凉:“我本来是个乡下穷小子,就算不受这场冤屈,师妹和我成了夫妻,我固然快乐,师妹却势必要辛苦劳碌一辈子,于她又有什么好处?我要复仇,是将万圭杀了么?师妹成了寡妇,难道还能嫁我,嫁给她的杀夫仇人?她心中早就没了我这个人,从前我就比不上万圭,现下我跟他更加天差地远了。这场冤仇,就此一笔勾销,让她夫妻母女快快乐乐地过日子吧。” 想到此处,决意不再和戚芳多说什么,俯身便去柴草堆中抱丁典的尸身,猛听得砰的一声,柴房门板给人一脚踢开。狄云吃了一惊,转过身来,只见一个高瘦男子手中长剑光芒闪烁,站在门门,却是万圭。狄云轻噫一声,不假思索,便俯身拾起戚芳遗下的钢剑。 万圭满脸煞气,他早已得知狄云越狱的消息,整口便心神不定,这时一眼看到狄云手中长剑是戚芳之物,更是又妒又恨,冷冷地道:“好啊,在柴房里相会,她连自己的兵刃也给了你,想谋杀亲夫么?只怕没这么容易!” 狄云脑中一片混乱,一时也不懂万圭在说些什么,心中只想:“怎么是他来了?他怎会知道我在这里!?自然是师妹说的,叫她丈夫来捉我去请功领赏。她怎么会这般无情无义?” 万圭见狄云不答,只道他情怯害怕,挺剑便向他胸口疾刺过去。狄云挥剑挡过,自然而然地使出了昔年老乞丐所授的那招“刺肩式”,长剑斜转,已指向万圭肩头。这招剑法怪异之极,万圭当年招架不住,事隔五年,万圭虽武功已大有长进,却仍招架不住。 万圭一惊之下,手中长剑不知如何运使才好,收剑抵挡已然不及,发剑攻敌也已落了后手,便这样微一迟疑,一条性命已全然交在对方手中,心下愤怒已极,却丝毫不敢动弹,瞧着狄云一张满脸胡子的污秽脸孔,愤怒之情渐渐变为恐惧。 狄云这一剑却也不刺过去,心中转念:“我杀他不杀?” 万圭在万分危急之际,忽然见到对方眼神中流露出惶惑之色,而持剑的手腕却又微微颤抖,灵机一动,大声叫道:“戚芳,你来看!” 狄云听他大叫“戚芳”,心中一惊,微微侧头去看。不料万圭这是用计使诈,乘他略一转头,立即长剑挺上,奋力上格。狄云右手手指遭削,持剑不牢,长剑脱……手飞出。万圭大喜,立即挺剑刺出。狄云连闪两闪,躲在柴堆之后,顺手抽起一条硬柴,以柴当剑,奋力打去。万圭刷刷两剑,将他那段硬柴削短了一截。狄云将手中半截硬柴用力掷出,待他跃身闪避,又抽了一段硬柴,再度攻去。 万圭见他失了兵刃,自己已操必胜,就算他以柴作剑,戳中自己一下两下,也无大碍,定了矩神,展开剑法缓缓进攻。数招之后,狄云长声怒吼,右腕中剑,登时血如泉涌,手指无力,抛下了硬柴。万圭跟着又一剑刺中他大腿,飞起左足,将他踢倒。狄云挣扎着还待爬起,万圭又是一脚踢在他颧骨上,狄云登时晕去。 万圭骂道:“装死吗?”在他右肩上砍了一剑,见他并不动弹,才知是真的昏晕,心想:“凌知府许下五千两银子的重赏,捉拿这两名凶犯,自然是捉活的好。反正这一次送将官里去,这人自就难以活命,我何必亲手杀他?”一瞥眼,见到柴草堆中露出一只脚来,不由得又惊又喜:“这里还有一人!”他不知丁典已死,急忙挥剑,砍在尸体脚上。 狄云虽遭踢晕,脑子中却有一个声音在大叫大喊:“我不能死,我不能死!我答应过丁大哥的,要将他尸身和凌小姐合葬。”这念头强烈之极,很快便醒了过来,迷迷糊糊地想起:“许多年之前的一天晚!:,我也曾给他打倒,也曾给他在头上重重踢了几下。”缓缓睁眼,见万圭正挥剑向丁典的尸身上砍落。他初时还未十分清醒,不知眼前之事是什么意思,但随即见到万圭将丁典的尸身从柴草里拖了出来,他大叫一声:“丁大哥!”突然间全身精力弥漫,急纵而起,扑在万圭背上,右臂已扼住了他喉咙。 万圭大惊之下,待要反剑去刺,但手臂无法后弯,连劈几剑,都劈在硬柴堆上,而狄云扼在他喉头的手臂却越收越紧了。 狄云见他伤残丁典的尸体,怒发如狂。这人陷害自己,夺去戚芳,这怨仇尚可置之不理,但如此残害丁典,却万万不能千休,一时心中更无别念,只盼即刻便将敌人扼死。但觉万圭挣扎了一会儿,抵抗已渐渐无力,可是狄云数处受伤,伤口中流血不止,自己手臂上的力气却在更快消失。心中不住说:“我再支持一会儿,便能扼死了他。”到后来眼前金星乱舞,脑中乱成一团,终于什么也不知道了。 他虽晕去,扼在万圭喉间的手臂仍没松开。万圭给他扼得难以呼吸,就在狄云晕去之时,同时失却了知觉。 柴草堆上躺着这一对冤家。两个人似乎都死了,但胸间都还在起伏,口鼻间仍有呼吸。真不知冥冥间如何安排?若是狄云先醒转片刻,他拾起地下的长剑,一剑便将万圭杀了。倘若万圭先行醒转,他也不会再存将狄云生擒活捉的念头,那实在太过危险,势必是随手一剑,砍在他头上,立时便取了他性命。 世界上什么事情都能发生。未必一定好人运气好,坏人运气坏。反过来也一样,也未必坏人运气好,好人运气坏。人人都会死的,迟死的人也未必一定运气好些。 但对于活着的人,对于戚芳和她的小女儿,狄云先死,还是万圭先死,中间便有很大的差别。倘若这时候要戚芳来抉择,要她选一个人,让他先行醒转,不知她会选谁? 柴房中的两个人兀自昏晕不醒,有一个人的脚步声音,慢慢走近柴房。
狄云耳中听到浩浩水声,脸上有冰凉的东西一滴滴溅上来,隐隐生疼,随即觉得身上很冷,半点也没力气。他一有知觉,立即右臂运劲,叫道:“我扼死你!我扼死你!”但臂弯中虚空无物,跟着又发觉自己身子在不住摇晃,在不住移动。惊惶中睁开眼来,眼前黑沉沉的,只觉得一滴滴水珠打在脸上、手上、身上,原来是天在下大雨。 身子仍不住摇晃,胸口烦恶,只想呕吐。忽然间,身旁有一艘船驶过,船上张了帆,那清清楚楚是一艘船。奇怪极了。怎么身旁会有一艘船? 只想坐起身来看个究竟,但全身酸软,连一根指头也动不了,只能这般仰天卧着,眼见得头顶有黑云飘动,那不是在柴房之中。心中突然想起:“丁大哥呢?”一想到丁典,身上蓦地里生出广一股力气,双手一按,便即坐起,身子跟着晃了儿晃。 他是在一艘小舟之中。小舟正在江水滔滔的大江中顺流而下。是夜晚,天上都是黑云,正下着大雨,他向船左船右岸上凝目望去,两边都黑沉沉的,什么也瞧不见。他心中焦急,大叫:“丁大哥,丁大哥!”他知道丁典已经死了,但他的尸身万万不能失去。突然之间,左足踢到软软一物,低头一看,不由得惊喜交集,叫道:“丁大哥,你在这里!”张开双臂,抱住了他。丁典的尸身,便在船舱中他足边。 他虚弱得连喘气也没力气,连想事也没力气。只觉喉干舌燥,便张开了口,让天空中落下来的雨点湿润嘴唇和舌头。这般迷迷糊糊地似睡似醒,双臂抱着丁典的尸身,直至天色渐明,大雨却兀自不止。晨光熹微之中,忽然见到自己大腿上有一大块布条缠着,跟着发觉手臂和肩头的两处伤口上也都有布带裹住,鼻中隐隐闻到金创药的药气。一晚大雨,绷带都湿透了,但伤口已不再流血。 “是谁给我包扎了伤口?要是伤口不裹好,也不用谁来杀我,笮是流血便要了我的性命。”蓦地里感到一阵难以忍耐的寂寞凄凉:“这世上还有谁来关怀我、帮助我?丁大哥已经死了,更会有谁盼望我活着?会费心来为我裹伤?”细看那儿条绷带,缠得极不整齐,似乎包扎的人动手时十分心急慌忙,然而绷带不是粗布,而是上佳的缎子,缎带的一边镶着精致的花边,另一边是撕口,显然,是从衣衫上撕下来的,是女子的衣衫。 是师妹么?他心中评然而动,胸口随即热了起来,嘴角边露出了自嘲的苦笑:“她去叫丈夫来杀我,怎么又会给我裹伤?要不是她通风报信,我躲在柴房里,万圭又怎会知道?” 可是自己是在一艘小舟之中,小舟是在江中漂流。不知这地方离江陵已有多远?无论如何,是暂时脱离了险境,不会再受凌知府的追拿了。 “是谁给我裹了伤口?是谁将我放在小船之中?连丁大哥也一起来了?”他对自己的生死已并不如何关怀,但丁典的尸体也和他在一起,这事却不能不令他衷心感激。 苦苦思索,想得头也痛了,始终没能想出半点端倪。他竭力追忆过去一天中所发生的事,想到万圭剑砍丁典、自己竭力扼他咽喉之后,就再也想不下去了。以后的事情,脑海中便是一片空白。 一侧头间,额角撞着了一包硬硬的东西,那是用绸布包着的一个小小包袱。他心中一喜,料得这包袱之中定有线索可寻,颤抖着双手打了开来,只见包里有五六锭碎银子,还有四件女子首饰:一朵珠花、一只金镯、一个金项圈、一只宝石戒指。另外是小孩子颈中所挂的一个金锁片,锁片上的金链是给人匆忙拉断的,链子断处还钩上了一小块衣衫的碎片,显然,那是临时从小孩颈中扯了下来,倒像是盗贼拦路打劫而得来一般。金锁片上刻着“德容双茂”四个字。狄云没读过多少书,字虽识得,却不懂这四个字是什么意思,心想:“是那小孩的名字吧?她女儿不叫'德容',也不叫'双茂',她叫做'空心菜'!” 他拨弄这五件首饰,较之适才未见到那包袱之时,心中反更多了几分糊涂:“银子和首饰,自然是搭救我的那人给的,以便小舟靠了岸后,我好有钱买饭吃。可是,到底是谁给的呢?首饰不是师妹的,我可从来没见她戴过。” 浩浩江水,送着一叶小舟顺流而下。这一天中,狄云只苦苦思索:“是谁给我包扎了伤口?是谁给了我银两首饰?”
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